Compare the official conference media polls with the picks from SportsLine/Lindy's (first-place votes in parentheses when available):
BCS conferences
| ACC | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rank | Media poll | SportsLine/Lindy's |
| 1. | Florida State (64) | Florida State |
| 2. | Georgia Tech (5) | Georgia Tech |
| 3. | Clemson (1) | Clemson |
| 4. | North Carolina State | North Carolina State |
| 5. | Virginia | North Carolina |
| 6. | North Carolina | Virginia |
| 7. | Maryland | Maryland |
| 8. | Wake Forest | Wake Forest |
| 9. | Duke | Duke |
| Big East | ||
| Rank | Media poll | SportsLine/Lindy's |
| 1. | Miami (21) | Miami |
| 2. | Virginia Tech (3) | Virginia Tech |
| 3. | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh |
| 4. | Boston College | Syracuse |
| 5. | Syracuse | Boston College |
| 6. | West Virginia | Temple |
| 7. | Temple | West Virginia |
| 8. | Rutgers | Rutgers |
| Big Ten | ||
| Rank | Media poll | SportsLine/Lindy's |
| 1. | Northwestern | Northwestern |
| 2. | Michigan | Michigan |
| 3. | Ohio State | Wisconsin |
| 4. | N/A | Purdue |
| 5. | N/A | Illinois |
| 6. | N/A | Ohio State |
| 7. | N/A | Michigan State |
| 8. | N/A | Minnesota |
| 9. | N/A | Penn State |
| 10. | N/A | Iowa |
| 11. | N/A | Indiana |
| *The Big Ten only announces the top three teams in the media poll | ||
| Big 12 North | ||
| Rank | Media poll | SportsLine/Lindy's |
| 1. | Nebraska | Nebraska |
| 2. | Kansas State | Kansas State |
| 3. | Colorado | Colorado |
| 4. | Iowa State | Missouri |
| 5. | Missouri | Iowa State |
| 6. | Kansas | Kansas |
| Big 12 South | ||
| Rank | Media poll | SportsLine/Lindy's |
| 1. | Oklahoma | Texas |
| 2. | Texas | Oklahoma |
| 3. | Texas A&M | Texas Tech |
| 4. | Texas Tech | Texas A&M |
| 5. | Oklahoma State | Oklahoma State |
| 6. | Baylor | Baylor |
| SportsLine/Lindy's conference champ: Texas | ||
| Pac-10 | ||
| Rank | Media poll | SportsLine/Lindy's |
| 1. | Oregon (20) | UCLA |
| 2. | Oregon State (3) | Oregon |
| 3. | UCLA (10) | Washington |
| 4. | Washington | Oregon State |
| 5. | Stanford | Stanford |
| 6. | USC | USC |
| 7. | Arizona State | Washington State |
| 8. | California | Arizona |
| 9. | Arizona | Arizona State |
| 10. | Washington State | California |
| SEC East | ||
| Rank | Media poll | SportsLine/Lindy's |
| 1. | Florida (78) | Florida |
| 2. | Tennessee (5) | Tennessee |
| 3. | South Carolina (1) | South Carolina |
| 4. | Georgia | Georgia |
| 5. | Vanderbilt | Vanderbilt |
| 6. | Kentucky | Kentucky |
| SEC West | ||
| Rank | Media poll | SportsLine/Lindy's |
| 1. | LSU (40) | Mississippi State |
| 2. | Mississippi State (34) | Alabama |
| 3. | Alabama (8) | LSU |
| 4. | Auburn (1) | Ole Miss |
| 5. | Arkansas | Auburn |
| 6. | Ole Miss (1) | Arkansas |
| Media conference champ: Florida SportsLine/Lindy's conference champ: Florida | ||
Non-BCS conferences
| Conference USA | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rank | Coaches poll | SportsLine/Lindy's |
| 1. | Louisville (6) | Louisville |
| 2. | East Carolina (3) | East Carolina |
| 3. | Southern Miss (1) | Southern Miss |
| 4. | TCU | UAB |
| 5. | UAB | Tulane |
| 6. | Cincinnati | TCU |
| 7. | Memphis | Cincinnati |
| 8. | Tulane | Houston |
| 9. | Houston | Memphis |
| 10. | Army | Army |
| MAC East | ||
| Rank | Media poll | SportsLine/Lindy's |
| 1. | Marshall (41) | Marshall |
| 2. | Ohio (7) | Ohio |
| 3. | Miami (1) | Miami |
| 4. | Akron (2) | Akron |
| 5. | Bowling Green | Bowling Green |
| 6. | Kent State | Kent State |
| 7. | Buffalo | Buffalo |
| MAC West | ||
| Rank | Media poll | SportsLine/Lindy's |
| 1. | Toledo (36) | Toledo (36) |
| 2. | Western Michigan (14) | Western Michigan |
| 3. | Northern Illinois | Ball State |
| 4. | Ball State (1) | Northern Illinois |
| 5. | Central Michigan | Central Michigan |
| 6. | Eastern Michigan | Eastern Michigan |
| Media conference champ: Toledo SportsLine/Lindy's conference champ: Marshall | ||
| Mountain West | ||
| Rank | Media poll | SportsLine/Lindy's |
| 1. | Colorado State (11) | Colorado State |
| 2. | UNLV (4) | UNLV |
| 3. | BYU (1) | BYU |
| 4. | San Diego State (1) | San Diego State |
| 5. | Air Force | New Mexico |
| 6. | Utah | Utah |
| 7. | New Mexico | Air Force |
| 8. | Wyoming | Wyoming |
| Sun Belt | ||
| Rank | Media poll | SportsLine/Lindy's |
| 1. | Middle Tennessee (3) | Middle Tennessee |
| 2. | Idaho (2) | New Mexico State |
| 3. | New Mexico State (2) | Idaho |
| 4. | North Texas | North Texas |
| 5. | Arkansas State (tie) | Arkansas State |
| 6. | Louisiana-Lafayette (tie) | Louisiana-Lafayette |
| 7. | Louisiana-Monroe | Louisiana-Monroe |
| WAC | ||
| Rank | Media poll | SportsLine/Lindy's |
| 1. | Fresno State (18) | Fresno State |
| 2. | UTEP (4) | Rice |
| 3. | Boise State (1) | San Jose State |
| 4. | Hawaii | Hawaii |
| 5. | San Jose State | Boise State |
| 6. | Tulsa (1) | UTEP |
| 7. | Rice | SMU |
| 8. | SMU | Tulsa |
| 9. | Louisiana Tech | Nevada |
| 10. | Nevada | Louisiana Tech |
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